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JamesBazan

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I used my real name on the bird site to keep me nice. It didn't work, but cishet male privilege meant I mostly got away with it, so I'm not too optimistic about being "nice" on here.
White supremacy is a terrorist ideology.
The survival of democracy is on the line, so "BothSides" = Instablock
#NCPolitics #NCPol #Charlotte #NCGA
Header is a lip balm. Balm for your soul may not be banana flavored.

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davidaugust, (edited ) to politics
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RFK Jr. brain has a dead worm that ate part of his brain in it, and has been impacted by mercury poisoning.

Well…this seems at once shocking and like it makes absolutely perfect sense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU0.MjjY.L1k3c9ClwkDy&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

JamesBazan,
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@davidaugust I'm old enough to remember when brain wos would have been disqualifying. But back then, rape and insurrection probably would have derailed campaigns.

Green_Footballs, to random
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Trump keeps recycling this “argument” again and again without ever apparently realizing he’s saying that Joe Biden could throw him into a deep dark dungeon and keep him there and Trump would have no escape.

It’s another case of: either Trump’s that dumb or he thinks all his marks are that dumb.

JamesBazan,
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@Green_Footballs he knows President Biden is too honorable and honest to act so faithessly, while he suffers no such constraints himself.

JamesBazan, to random
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From the files of: "both parties are the same."
The Alabama Chief Justice Who Invoked God in Deciding the Embryo Case
"“Human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God,' he wrote in a concurring opinion that invoked the Book of Genesis and the prophet Jeremiah and quoted at length from the writings of 16th- and 17th-century theologians." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/alabama-ivf-tom-parker.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

StillIRise1963, to random
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Fascists are going to get rid of all public education. Have you saved up for your kids yet.🤔

JamesBazan,
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@philip_cardella @StillIRise1963 in NC, the state constitution requires free & equitable public education. While continuing to defy a 1997 court order requiring them to provide that equitable funding for rural schools, the gerrymandered GOP supermajorities in the General Assembly lifted the income cap for private school subsidies. Now, they want to take an additional $300 million from public education to fund subsidies for families in the top 8% of incomes with kids already in $30k/year schools.

GabeMoralesVR, to random
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So, serious question: If the #SCOTUS declares that a president has sweeping immunity, including over assassinating citizens, what's to stop #Biden from just taking #Trump out?

JamesBazan,
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@GabeMoralesVR it's hanging on, "We're betting you are too ethical and patriotic to act as an absolute despot. We know this other guy has no such constraints."

JamesBazan,
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@GabeMoralesVR or the Supremes themselves.

JamesBazan, to random
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JamesBazan, to random
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Republican running to lead NC’s diverse k-12 schools says “Islam is evil,” Muslims should be banned from elected office

https://notesfromthechalkboard.com/2024/04/27/republican-running-to-lead-ncs-diverse-k-12-schools-says-islam-is-evil-muslims-should-be-banned-from-elected-office/

JamesBazan,
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@shekinahcancook This Court would look at it and give it their blessing, because a racial theocracy doesn't need decisions. It dispenses blessings.

dougiec3, to random
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"The Democrats would respond not by moving in the direction of working for the people. They responded by scapegoating their losses onto the Green Party.
They’re great scapegoaters—they never look at themselves in the mirror.
I love that phrase. “This is not the time.” If you go lesser-of-two-evils every four years, you’re gonna go lower. A liberal Republican from the 1970s now would be considered a progressive Democrat. That’s how far the Republicans have gone."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/ralph-nader-third-party-politics-2024-interview/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-17-2024

JamesBazan,
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@kaydenpat @dougiec3 Ralph Nader is still, again, perpetually trying to redeem himself by blaming the Democrats. He must be worried that we forgot the consequences of his vanity campaign in 2000.

JamesBazan, to random
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Six years ago we took her big sister to Disney. We were waiting to meet Winnie the Pooh when a family with a child & a Park escort went around to be next in line. The woman behind us complained, "Why do they get to skip?" I replied, "Trust me, you don't want to be able to do that."
I only saw the strain in the parents' eyes. I only saw pain; I couldn't see the respite.
My younger granddaughter had her Make a Wish meeting this morning. I understand differently now.

TonyStark, to random
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is investing approximately $1.6 billion into the much-needed restoration of the Brent Spence Bridge and the construction of a second bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky.

This bridge will provide a significant upgrade in infrastructure and transportation, create good union jobs, and pay attention to equity. This is what real governing looks like.

Fixing the Brent Spence Bridge - Center for American Progress:
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/fixing-the-brent-spence-bridge/

JamesBazan,
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@TonyStark Covington, Kentucky is a real bastion of the far right. Nearly 60% voted for Trump. Can you imagine transactional Trump funding needed infrastructure in a place he lost that badly?

emmreef, to random
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If got into the publishing business

JamesBazan,
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@emmreef Mr. Cheeseface, the dog in that cover photo, was shot and killed by a hunter in Vermont in 1976. Kristi Noem was only 5 at the time, but...

JamesBazan, to random
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Here's the GOP's "moderate" savior:

“Embryos, to me, are babies,” Ms. Haley said
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/us/politics/nikki-haley-alabama-embryos-ivf.html?smid=url-share

JamesBazan, to random
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Texas National Guard operating under Gov. Abbott's Operation We Are Faithless, Murderous Cowards "blocked U.S. Border Patrol from attempting to provide emergency assistance" to migrants reported struggling in the Rio Grande. The bodies of a woman and two children were found the next day.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-migrants-drown-near-shelby-park-eagle-pass-texas-soldiers-denied-entry-federal-border-agents/

JamesBazan, to Cats
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By day, the most affectionate cat anyone has ever seen. By night, murder kitty, lurking on the stairs.
Good morning.

marcelias, to random
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NEW: Pennsylvania Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to revive the discredited independent state legislature theory to challenge pro-voter registration policies enacted by President Joe Biden and Governor Josh Shapiro.

Watch now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mO9qwRRzhg&t

JamesBazan,
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@marcelias If we vote, they lose. That's why they amplify cynicism couched in anti "establishment" rhetoric. It worked in 2016. It will always be part of their arsenal against democracy.

JamesBazan, to random
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The arc of the moral universe doesn't bend towards justice by itself. People have to put their backs to it.

https://wapo.st/3TOrv1F

gwaldby, to random
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Abortion restrictions increase risk of intimate partner homicide, study finds https://www.salon.com/2024/05/08/abortion-restrictions-increase-risk-of-intimate-homicide-study-finds/

JamesBazan,
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@gwaldby "Homicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women in the United States. The researchers found that the enforcement of one TRAP law was linked to a 3.4 percent increase in the rate of intimate partner violence-related homicides."
In the linked study from Tulane, 68% of those homicides are committed using firearms. So... we can expect victim-blaming to accompany the thoughts and prayers.

JamesBazan, to random
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"When the vote on Ukraine aid finally came, it was overwhelming, 311-112. That raised the question: Why in the world did such a popular measure take so long?"

JamesBazan, to random
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Old man discovers that even all this stuff is not enough to fill the hole where his humanity could have been..

JamesBazan, to random
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It occurs to me that we have a Supreme Court majority that lied under oath to get the job. That cutesy "Roe is settled law" dodge that most of them used to evade the question was far short of the oath they took:
"Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you will give before this Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"
I shouldn't be surprised by the depth and breadth of their faithlessness.

JamesBazan, to random
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On 5/17/1972, On May 16, 1971, my wife's cousin Craig Farlow was shot down after inserting ARVN Marines near Hue in Vietnam. His helicopter exploded on impact.
He was 23.
A year and a day after he was MIA, on May 17, 1972, Craig was declared Killed In Action. The location of his name on the Vietnam Memorial, the final panel, Panel 1W, Row 26, reflects that date.
His remains were never recovered.

JamesBazan, to random
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Judge shoots down request to tell Trump who the first 3 trial witnesses will be:

JamesBazan, to random
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“These students are going to have to find out what law and order is all about. Make sure you have your weapons in ready positions.” Brigadier General Robert Canterbury, Ohio National Guard, Kent State University Commons, May 4, 1970.
Apparently, "law and order" is all about being shot to death for protesting an illegal secret invasion of Cambodia, or walking to class while others are protesting.

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